UK Defence Secretary John Healey has warned Vladimir Putin that any attempt by Russian spy submarines to damage undersea cables and pipelines around Britain would bring 'serious consequences,' after UK forces tracked three Russian submarines operating near critical infrastructure in the North Atlantic over the past month.
The warning came after the Ministry of Defence disclosed that a Russian Akula class nuclear powered attack submarine and two specialist deep sea spy submarines, operated by Russia's Main Directorate of Deep Sea Research, or GUGI, had been shadowed around and north of UK waters by British and allied forces.
